A junior football cup tie ended in chaos when fans, players, coaching staff and committee members clashed at full-time, a court heard.

Trouble erupted at a Scottish Cup tie between Kelty Hearts and Kilwinning Rangers after fans chanted “paedo” at a player convicted of sex offences.

Kelty players jumped over the barriers at their Fife ground to confront boozed-up visiting fans after the taunts aimed at team-mate Craig Thomson, convicted of sex offences involving children when he was a player at Hearts FC.

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The violence resulted in two Kilwinning supporters being seriously injured and required to have plates inserted in their faces.

Kelty Hearts player Stefan Winiarski was accused of assault but the charges at Dunfermline Sheriff Court were dropped.

Winiarksi, 40, of, Kelty, had denied that on February 18 last year at Kelty Hearts Juniors FC, he assaulted James McComb, 33, and Darran Telford, 44, both of Kilwinning, Ayrshire, to their severe injury.

Telford told the court: “I saw two of the Kelty players jumping over the barrier. There was a commotion behind the goals and I saw James McComb covering his face and was covered in blood.

“There were committee members there and I couldn’t get close to James because I was punched.”